It's often easy to fault compilations over the depth of their selections, the quality of their artists, the evenness of their reproduction, and general adherence to their themes; in many cases, listeners are left disappointed, especially by budget samplers that purport to give more for less. However, Deutsche Grammophon's Piano Moods is hard to knock on these grounds, because this double-disc survey of piano classics is generous in its programming, representative of the label's greatest performers, exceptional in sound ...
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It's often easy to fault compilations over the depth of their selections, the quality of their artists, the evenness of their reproduction, and general adherence to their themes; in many cases, listeners are left disappointed, especially by budget samplers that purport to give more for less. However, Deutsche Grammophon's Piano Moods is hard to knock on these grounds, because this double-disc survey of piano classics is generous in its programming, representative of the label's greatest performers, exceptional in sound quality, coherent in layout, and affordable at the mid-range price. Beginners will find many of these pieces to be quite familiar, ranging in time from the Baroque era with J.S. Bach's Prelude in C major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, to the post-Romantic period with Sergey Rachmaninov's Prelude in G sharp minor, and an impressive array of Classical and Romantic gems in between. The artists gathered here are legendary and numerous, so anyone who wishes to become familiar with some of...
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